The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-04-20
The Witch's Fate.
A CRUEL PREJUDICE OF OLD TIMES MORE
THAN EQUALED NOW.

Not many decades ago in this coun-
try the people were excited over witch
craft. Persons suspected were thrown
into the water: if not witches, they
would drown; if they were witches,
they would swim ashore and would be
put to death. In any event they were
doomedl
Not many years ago if person were
taken sick with advanced disorder of
the kidneys, the physician would pro-
nounce the disease Bright's disease,
and when so declared he regarded his
responsibility at an end, for medical
authority admitted that the disease was
incurable.
When the physician found patient
thus afflicted he would say oh,
slight attack of the kidneys; will be all
right in little while" He knew to
the contrary. But if he could keep his
patient on his hands for few months
he knew he would derive a great rev.
enue from his case, and then when the
disease had progressed to certain
stage he would state the facts and re-
tire, exonerated from all blame.
But the error of supposing the dis
ease incurable has swayed the public
mind long after the fact has ceased to
to be. But public opinion has been
educated to the true status of the case
by those who have discounted the in
durability theory, and the public recog-
nizes and testifies to the fact that War
ner's safe cure is specific for this
disease. This has been shown with
thousands of testimonials.
| Upon referring to them in our files
we find that $4,000 reward will be
given to any one who can prove that,
so far as the manufacturers know, they
are not genuine, and that hundreds of
thousands similar in character could be
published, if it were necessary.
This condition of things is very
amusing to the journalist, who looks
upon all sides of every question. Proof
should be accepted by all, but preju-
dice fights proof for many years. 1t
seems strange that when a proprietary
medicine is doing the good that War
ner's safe cure is that the physicians
do not publicly indorse it. Many of
them, we are told, privately prescribe
it, as it is sold by dealers in every part
of the country.
A few years ago, as stated, when
man udu DIISuI . ulStdoC lilC bpNNOi
boldly announced it, because he thought
it relieved him of responsibility.
To-day when prominent people are
dying (and hundreds of thousands of
common people die of the same disease)
we are told that doctors disguise the
fact that it is Bright's disease of the
kidneys and say that they die of paraly-
sis, of apopleXy, of pneumonia, of
consumption, of general debility, of
rheumatism, of heart disease, of blood
poisoning, or some other of the names
of the direct effects of kidney disease.
They are not the real disease itself.
We sometimes wonder if they avoid
stating the real cause of disease for fear
they will drive the public into patron
age of the only scientific proprietary
specific for kidney diseases and the
thousand and one diseases that origi-
nate in inactive kidneys.
We do not believe every advertise
ment we read. Some people perhaps
may regard this article as an advertise
ment, and will not believe it, but we are
candid enou Oh to say that we believe
the parties above mentioned have
stated their case and proved it, and
under such circumstances the public is
unwise if it is longer influenced by adj
verse prejudice.